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Poetry can capture the imagination in a few short lines but narrative verse or poetry takes the form of telling a story, whether it be simple or complex in a longer form. Among the most ancient forms of poetry, it has widespread roots through almost every culture. In Volume 4 we bring you the classics 'The Eve of St Agnes' by John Keats; 'Flodden' by Sir Walter Scott; 'The Ballad of Agincourt' by Michael Drayton; 'Tam O'Shanter' by Robert Burns; and 'The Pied Piper of Hamelin' by Robert Browning.

This tale, published in 1828, is based on The Story of an Apparition, a ghost story published in Blackwood's 10 years earlier by an author identified only as A. B. Sir Walter Scott took that rather flimsy story and turned into a masterful tale of the supernatural.

The Talisman is Sir Walter Scott's tale of the Crusades, a tale of chivalry, of violence, of virtue, romance, and deceit.

The Heart of Midlothian: Gerda Stevenson's dramatisation of Walter Scott's classic.

Part One: A mob storms the Tolbooth Prison where young Effie Deans awaits trial for murder. Part 2: While her sister awaits execution, Jeanie decides to walk to London to plead for her life.

Riddarturneringar, kidnappningar, dueller på liv och död, häxbål, en mystisk svart ridddare och den tappra Robin Hood. Allt detta och mycket mer bjuder den äventyrliga historien om korstågsriddaren Ivanhoe på. Romanen utspelar sig i 1200-talets kaotiska England, där det råder oenighet mellan saxarna och normanderna, kristna och judar och det är strid om kungamakten mellan Rikard Lejonhjärta och hans lömska bror Johan. Ivanhoe har precis kommit hem från ett korståg, där han har kämpat sida vid sida med den normandiska Rikard Lejonhjärta. Detta har väckt förbittring hos Ivanhoes saxiska far Cedric, som har gjort honom arvlös.

Scottish poetry is a powerful, beautiful expression of Country and Culture. It’s proud history includes such figures as Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson and many other illustrious figures. This volume of poetry is a perfect compendium of the words and works of Scotland.

Ivanhoe è considerato come il primo vero esempio di genere storico, e in esso, oltre alla figura di Ivanhoe, vengono presentate figure leggendarie come Robin Hood, frate Tuck, e Riccardo Cuor di Leone. All'inizio della vicenda, Scott dice che essa si colloca "verso la fine del regno di Riccardo I"; poiché Riccardo stesso compare nel romanzo, di ritorno in Inghilterra dalla Terza Crociata dopo la prigionia passata dal duce d'Austria; pertanto i fatti si collocano attorno al 1194. Le tematiche trattate sono molteplici e complesse.

This is the inspiring and fast-moving story of a young prince, Charles Edward Stewart, and his audacious bid for the crown of King George. From exile in France, he sails to Scotland, rallies the Highland clans and marches on London, is defeated in the bloody battle of Culloden and flees from General "Butcher" Cumberland, and with the help of gallant Flora McDonald and loyal clansmen, eventually makes his dramatic escape.

"Ayvengo" - radiopostanovka po odnoimennomu romanu Val'tera Skotta. Ispolniteli: O.Strizhenov, I.Ohlupin, E.Leonov, G.Menglet, E.Vesnik, E.Evstigneev, R.Plyatt, V.YAkut, V.Kenigson, A.Papanov, A.Gunchenko, A.Ktorov, V.Larionov i dr.

From its first publication in 1816, Rob Roy has been recognised as containing some of Sir Walter Scott's finest writing and most engaging, fully realised characters. The outlaw Rob Roy MacGregor was already a legendary, disputed figure by the time Scott wrote a heroic Scottish Robin Hood to some, and an over-glamorised, unprincipled predator to others. Scott approaches Rob Roy indirectly, through the adventures of his fictional hero, Frank Osbaldistone, amid the turmoil of England and Scotland in 1715.

Set in 12th-century England, with colourful descriptions of medieval life and adventures, "Ivanhoe" is a realistic and vibrant story set in a kingdom torn asunder by the hatred between Saxons and Normans. Richard the Lionheart is headed home from the Third Crusade to reclaim his throne. Amid the heat of a tournament, King Richard comes to the aid of another crusader who has returned in disguise. Wilfred of Ivanhoe also seeks to recover a lost heritage - and the hand of Lady Rowena, "a rose of loveliness, and a jewel of wealth; the fairest among a thousand."

Odin iz populyarneyshih romanov Val'tera Skotta. "Ayvengo" (1819) povestvuet ob uvlekatel'nyh i geroicheskih sobytiyah iz zhizni srednevekovoy Anglii. Sceny iz narodnoy zhizni, fol'klornye obrazy, istoricheskie realii lish' obrazuyut fon, osnovnoe zhe - ehto priklyucheniya: rycarskie turniry, goryashchie zamki, bezzashchitnye prekrasnye damy, popadayushchie v bedu, i smelye rycari, prihodyashchie im na pomoshch' v posledniy, kazalos' by, mig. Perepletenie neskol'kih syuzhetnyh liniy, zaderzhka deystviya v kul'minacionnyy moment, smena ritma povestvovaniya - vse ehto sposobstvuet sozdaniyu dramatizma i podderzhaniyu napryazhennogo interesa chitatelya.

Shotlandiya 1645-1646 godov. V to vremya, kogda Angliya stala arenoy bitv mezhdu polkami, vernymi korolyu Karlu I, i voyskami Parlamenta, Shotlandiya takzhe okazyvaetsya raskolotoy na dva lagerya. No delo ne svoditsya k prostomu protivostoyaniyu mezhdu monarhistami i parlamentariyami, tak kak vse oslozhnyaetsya davnishnim sopernichestvom mezhdu mnogimi klanami. Storonniku korolya, grafu Montroz udaetsya, odnako, ob "edinit' vrazhduyushchie klany, chtoby vystupit' protiv voysk korystnogo markiza Argayla, predstavlyavshego interesy shotlandskogo Parlamenta.

The noble knight Ivanhoe returns home from his crusades and finds many opportunities to prove his courage and nobleness in a politically difficult...

This is one of Sir Walter Scott’s greatest adventures, set amongst the roaring battles of the struggle between the Normans and the Saxons for control of medieval England. It deals with the rivalry between King Richard the Lion-Heart and his brother, John. We follow the adventures, skirmishes and romances of the hero, Ivanhoe, a Saxon knight loyal to King Richard, as he attempts to survive the England of King John alongside the disguised Richard and, of course, Robin Hood.

Un groupe de Normands partisans du Prince Jean emmenés par les templiers Front-de-Bœuf et Bois-Guibert réussit à s'emparer d'Ivanhoé gravement blessé et de Rébecca, fière beauté juive aux talents de guérisseuse, fille du marchand Isaac d'York, accusée de sorcellerie par Bois-Guibert parce qu'elle se refuse à son amour passionné. Emprisonnés au château de Torquilstone, ils sont délivrés par le roi Richard qui reçoit l'aide de Locksley, le mythique Robin des Bois.

Ridderturneringer, kidnapninger, dueller på liv og død, hekseafbrændinger, en mystisk sort ridder og den tapre Robin Hood. Alt dette og meget mere byder den eventyrlige fortælling om korstogsridderen Ivanhoe på. Romanen foregår i 1200-tallets kaotiske England, hvor der er splid mellem saksere og normannere, kristne og jøder og kamp om kongemagten mellem Richard Løvehjerte og hans intrigante bror Johan. Ivanhoe er netop hjemvendt fra et korstog, hvor han har kæmpet side om side med den normanniske Richard Løvehjerte.  

Rob Roy follows the adventures of Francis, a businessman's son who falls out of favor with his father and is sent to stay in the Scottish Highlands. At the house of his uncle, he meets Rashleigh, the greedy and malicious youngest son, and Diana Vernon, Rashleigh's beautiful young cousin. Seeing that Diana is attracted to Francis, Rashleigh determines to destroy him. But Francis seeks the help of Rob Roy MacGregor, a powerful and enigmatic outlaw.

Sir Walter Scott gathered a popular audience, larger than any audience before. A great innovator,he created one of the outstanding literary forms of the past 200 years - the historical novel. In Ivanhoe, Scott brings to life 12th century England.

Prince John has assembled a collection of avaricious nobles to take control of England while Richard the Lionhearted is imprisoned in Austria. This threatens to bring the country to civil war between the Norman nobles and the conquered Saxons. Standing above it all is Wilfred of Ivanhoe, a disinherited Saxon knight who has fought in the Holy Land. Now returned, he wishes to wed the fair Rowena, the highborn Saxon noble, in spite of the seemingly insurmountable obstacles that stand in his way.